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Corn, Crops, Reuters

Syngenta ordered to pay Kansas farmers in GM corn case

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Syngenta to pay US$217.7 million to more than 7,000 Kansas farmers over its decision to commercialize a genetically modified strain of corn before China approved importing it. The verdict by a federal jury in Kansas City, Kansas, was announced by lawyers for the farmers, who blamed the […] Read more
Lansing Trade Group’s elevator at Delhi, Louisiana, about 220 km east of Shreveport. (LansingTradeGroup.com)
Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grain handler Lansing buys Interstate

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Grain handler Lansing Trade Group LLC is buying Interstate Commodities, marking another step in consolidation that is rippling through the U.S. agriculture sector as persistently low prices keep pressure on profits. The combined companies could handle as much as seven per cent of the U.S. corn supply of over 15 billion […] Read more
(Lisa Guenther photo)
Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather watching trade in summertime

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are hanging in a seasonal weather-based market, with traders watching crop conditions week-to-week. Corn futures have downside potential, gathering influence from wheat futures and crop ratings in the near term. “I’m looking for an improvement in crop ratings next week, which might […] Read more
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Corn, Crops

Dow’s Enlist corn cleared for Canada

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Corn growers in Canada can begin ordering Dow AgroSciences’ genetically modified Enlist corn later this summer, now that China will allow imports of grain grown from corn with the Enlist trait. Dow Agro announced Wednesday the glyphosate- and 2,4-D-tolerant corn will be commercially available in Canada and the U.S. for use in the 2018 growing […] Read more
(Allan Dawson photo)
Corn, Crops, Weather

Lower U.S. corn acres raise optimism for Manitoba growers

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Reading Time: 1 minute CNS Canada — A wet spring in the U.S. has forced many farmers to switch out corn acres in favour of alternative crops — a practice that could potentially raise prices for Manitoba farmers, an industry watcher said. “It’s encouraging on the price outlook to see they (U.S. farmers) put less acres in,” said Myron […] Read more
(ConAgraFoods.com)
Canola, Corn, Crops, Reuters

Conagra to sell Wesson oil brand to Smucker

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Packaged food maker Conagra Brands said on Tuesday it would sell its Wesson cooking oil brand to Folgers coffee maker J.M. Smucker Co. for about US$285 million. Conagra will continue to manufacture products sold under the Wesson brand for up to one year following the close, after which Wesson will be merged into […] Read more

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